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Student Suicide

A mother has described how her son killed himself because he had a three thousand pound overdraft. Toby Thorn from Penzance died in July last year and an inquest ruled that his debts were a major contributory factor in his death.

Full report: Student takes life after getting into debt

A mother has described how her son killed himself largely because he had a three thousand pound overdraft. Toby Thorn from Penzance died in July last year. An inquest has ruled that his debts were a major factor in his death.

Now his mother Anne wants more to be done to make young people aware of the dangers of debt. Tanya Mercer reports.